Axios launches news feeds designed for AI agents as search traffic falls
Axios announced at September's Digiday Publishing Summit Axios Direct, a line of feeds designed for AI agents to access its content, in a structured-data format similar to RSS. The first channel, launched this fall, gives agents of Axios Pro Deals subscribers access to mergers and acquisitions content; two more will arrive next year. The bet responds to falling search traffic: according to Chartbeat, search accounted for 12% of publisher page views in North America in the third quarter of 2026, down from 21% a year earlier.
In 45 seconds
- Axios Direct offers feeds in standardized text, without design, meant to be read by AI agents rather than people.
- The first channel, already live, covers mergers and acquisitions for agents of Axios Pro Deals subscribers; two more will arrive next year.
- Chartbeat reports search fell to 12% of publisher page views in North America, from 21% a year earlier.
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